[mythtv-users] Remote Suggestions

[Joseph Fry]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote:

> Joseph Fry <joe at thefrys.com> wrote on Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 11:01:14AM
> -0500:
> > The issue that I know I would have with that remote is how few buttons
> are
> > around the directional pad area.  These are the buttons I use most...
> back,
> > menu, info, guide, options, favorites, page+ page-, additionally the
> volume
> > +/- and channel +/- are not a stretch to reach from the "home"
> position...
> > I programmed my receiver's volume controls to the channel +/- buttons in
> > DVR mode (we don't use them for mythtv) so being able to quickly adjust
> the
> > volume of both the TV, and receiver if it is on, is important to me.  I
> > just think I would feel too constrained by your remote's layout.
>
> Different strokes for different folks, obviously. I'll just mention a
> couple of
> the things I like about mine: I use the Back key a lot for exiting
> playback/menus, and I think its position northwest of the directional pad
> is
> more convenient than where the Return button is on the Sony. After the
> directional pad and Back, I use the Play and Skip Forward/Back buttons the
> most,
> so I like that they're close to the remote's sweet spot and are bigger
> than the
> surrounding buttons. The remote curves inward right where the most-used
> buttons
> are, so less thumb travel is required there.
>
> (
> http://www.amazon.com/Azend-Group-MediaGate-HA-IR01SV-Ultimate/dp/B00123UGWQ
> --
> I don't think I linked it earlier.)
>
> And for the record, I'd say Back, Menu (assigned to the Windows logo
> button),
> Info, and Page+/- are all near the directional pad on my remote, leaving
> only
> Guide, Options, and Favorites from your list. Do you use the Options and
> Favorites buttons frequently in MythTV or for other devices? If MythTV,
> what
> actions do you map them to?
>

Favorites does the same thing as the "/" key.... not super useful, but we
do use it sometimes.

Options has been assigned to various things over the years.  Picture
adjustments for a while, until we got a better TV.... Now we use it for
aspect ratio ("W").


>
> Anyway, thanks for the responses. I'm sure I'd get used to the different
> layout
> after a while and would appreciate being able to control the TV power and
> volume. I'll probably give the Sony a try, either in person like you
> suggested
> or just getting one. The $20 might be worth avoiding a trip to Best Buy.


I really don't think you will be disappointed.  Keep in mind that you can
continue to use your existing remote.  We did that for a long time, it's
really handy with both my wife and I having a remote when we are sitting in
our respective recliners... now when she falls asleep I have to get up and
dig through her blanket in search of the remote.  The only reason we
stopped using our MCE remote (almost identical to yours) was that it didn't
have volume controls, and we had both gotten so familiar with the Sony that
we kept hitting the wrong buttons on the MCE remote.
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